{"id":3243,"date":"2019-10-15T15:39:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T13:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uewhg.eu\/?p=3243"},"modified":"2019-10-15T15:39:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T13:39:24","slug":"auszeichnung-der-uewhg-mit-sub-auspiciis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uewhg.eu\/en\/2019\/10\/15\/auszeichnung-der-uewhg-mit-sub-auspiciis\/","title":{"rendered":"Award for the UEHMG with “Sub Auspiciis”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During the\npublic ceremony the UEHMG received a special award at the General Rapport in\nSopron: the “Sub Auspiciis” seal of the House of Habsburg in the name\nof SKKH Karl von Habsburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following\nare the speeches given by President of UEHMG Major General iTR Michael Blaha,\nMSc, and Baron Vinzenz Stimpfl-Abele:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speech\u00a0of\u00a0Major General iTR Michael Blaha, MSc:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear comrades, dear guests,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

for us, the general rapport is not only the annual general meeting of\nthe Union of European Military Historical Groups, but also a time to perform\ntogether in public.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year we have chosen Sopron as the location for our general rapport,\nbecause geographically it is almost the center of our union. This union with\nalmost 100 clubs in 15 European countries is a network of tradition and\ncamaraderie across time and borders.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an umbrella organization, it is our job to maintain this network.\nMutual information and internal communication is an essential element. But if\nwe come together as in these days, we also want to show our diversity,\nespecially in the historical uniforms. I am therefore particularly pleased that\nsome Hungarian clubs, which are not yet members of us, have found to us today.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We all face great challenges again and again. Not everywhere we find\nequal recognition for our commitment, sometimes there are also external\ndisturbances. And sometimes we just struggle with financial problems. We raised\nthese issues in our plenary session yesterday.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am all the more pleased that our work has been honoured by the highest\nauthorities and that today we can welcome Baron Vinzenz Stimpfl-Abele,\nprocurator of the Order of St. George and in the name of His Imperial Highness\nKarl von Habsburg. He will then address a few words to us.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I look forward to our time together this afternoon on our visit at\nEsterhazy Castle and later dinner together. Tradition care also means care of\ncamaraderie and today we have really opportunity to do so.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wish the Union of European Military Historical Groups further on\nstrong cohesion and I will use all my strength for our common values.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speech\nof Baron Vinzenz Stimpfl-Abele in the name of SKKH Karl von Habsburg:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an honor to be here present at the General Rapport in the\nname of SKKH Karl von Habsburg and to hand over the seal “Sub\nAuspiciis” to the umbrella organization of the Union of the European\nMilitary Historical Groups.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, I am personally very happy to be able to make this high\ndistinction, because I feel to the military\nhistorical groups from two perspectives especially connected. On the\none hand, because I am myself from an old family that has produced many\nofficers and therefore knows how important the personal past, individual memory\nand remembering is. On the other hand, there is also the big aspect, namely,\nthat you can only understand history if you know it, and only if you understand\nit, you can learn from it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, what the military historical groups do is extremely valuable\nand important: you keep the story alive by cultivating the tradition. And you\ndo that in a serious, profound way. George Bernhard Shaw is said to have said:\n“Tradition is a lantern, the stupid clinging to her, the wise shining the\nway.” In that sense Union of the European  miltary\nhistorical groups certainly counts among the wise!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And because\nof that, I hereby grant you, dear President, the personal seal “Sub\nAuspiciis” of Archduke Karl. It is awarded for 3 years and can then be\nextended.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This personal seal of Karl von Habsburg is of course an award for the achievements so far, but also proof of confidence and mission for the future. In this sense: keep it up!<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200bThe UEHMG is proud of these seal and will do everything in its power to live up to this vote of confidence! <\/p>\n\n\n\n